I dont see the problem with it as long as people take responsibility for their own health and get knee pads like wrestlers.. AFAIK they are perfectly legal

"The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero projects his fear onto his opponent while the coward runs. 'Fear'. It's the same thing, but it's what you do with it that matters". - Cus D'Amato

I've never heard of batsugan and i'm also on the east coast. Having come from BJJ it makes perfect sense to me though. Our promotions are mostly like that anyway.

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are the artistic and the criminal,
because they alone, by questioning the society's values,
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I've never heard of batsugan and i'm also on the east coast. Having come from BJJ it makes perfect sense to me though. Our promotions are mostly like that anyway.

The USJF's Hudson Yudanshakai (NY/NJ/CT) does batsugun at the promotional shiais for sankyu and up. You can get points for batsugun if you beat a certain number straight by ippon or waza-ari. Look on the batsugun form here. http://www.hudsonjudo.org/forms.html